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Oyster

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No more sense than an oyster. This is French: “Fl raisonne comme une huitre.” Oysters have a mouth, but no head.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ox of the Deluge
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Oxford Boat Crew
Oxford Movement
Oxford Stroke (in rowing)
Oxgang
Oyer and Terminer (Courts of)
Oyster
Oyster
Oyster Part (An)
Oyster and Huitre (French)
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